The "Penguin" daily threads were originally conceived to emphasize that all members of the community have a place on the boards. Encouragement, motivation, a little love nip (you will love one, give it a try!) or even a little kick in the pants when needed -- it can happen here. Basically, we celebrate just getting out there and moving our tails! What is "slow"? "Slow" is a perception but one of the common benchmarks is the 10:00/mi pace; but there's no firm line. In fact, there are many of us that have slipped past this, and just hope that no one notices and revokes their "igloo privileges." It can be confusing for the forum newbies, but we're not one of the teams in any of the fine games. It's a totally open group, so stop lurking, post an introduction of yourself dive in and join the fun! No application necessary! There might even be a lovely picture for Scotty (we love pics!)

Morning.  Glad to see the penguin making it's first official appearance in the introductory paragraph.  Maybe an SRD or a run.  I might not have time to run.

Hi Pens...

PAD: Good luck in the 5k. I am hoping you will post one of your "detailed" RRs!

D: Too busy watching World Cup to run? I am betting you will find some time.

Scotty: Have fun. Man, I bet that place is good. That looks exactly like a place I would frequent if I was there. Sitting outside, oak trees, good food, cold beer, good friends... Oh yes.

9.25 miles for me and I am not liking this heat.

Have a good day, Pens.

Good morning...

PAD, Glad you got the Scotty the Penguin in the intro.  Hope you had a good race.

Scotty, good luck.  How's the ear?

Hi D !!!  Enjoy the show.

Jack, where are you?  That was a beautiful pic on FB.

3 slow miles for us.  Testing the knee and seems better.  Lots of icing.  Think we will hang out on the deck today.

Have a great weekend.

Good morning!  4.2 easy miles with hubby this morning.  We ran on a nearby trail that I don't usually run by myself because it's too isolated (urban but isolated if that makes sense...).  It was a good run; I'm going to make some chilaquiles now.

Ugh, update on my daughter's trip to the UK:  the day she arrived, the baggage system at Heathrow crashed.  She's on her 3rd day without luggage.  She is having a blast anyway and posting fun stuff on FB.  Her school program start Sunday night.

Jack, welcome home.  No, I haven't see Spinal Tap - should I?

Zelanie, yes please share food pics here, too!

Scotty, your 5k in the heat sounds pretty awful but I hope the barbecue makes up for it.

PADRunner, I *love* how you added the penguin to the first post!  Hope your 5k was good.

Jerry, glad your run went OK, enjoy the deck!

Brilliant; there is a funny reference to Stonehenge in it. It's a funny movie but it's not for everyone.

Bin: great pictures on FB.

Hey guys, ran my 8 total including mileage to and from the gym, plus I found a machine that does miles!  And it gets a breeze from the door!

Here is some of my amazing food from yesterday.

I had a traditional Costa Rican breakfast for lunch.  It's gallo pinto (a version of rice and beans), an egg, tortillas, cheese, and fried plantains.  Yum!  I couldn't eat it all, though.

At the same restaurant, they had this special if you really wanted to support "La Sele" in the world cup.  A win tomorrow would put them further in the tournament then they have ever been, so interest is HUGE right now.  Everybody is out selling Sele jerseys, T Shirts, flags, horns, etc.  Except when it started to rain downtown yesterday, all of the street vendors put away their futbol merchendise and got out their umbrellas and started selling those instead.  Anyway, here was the special at the restaurant, arranged like the Costa Rican flag.  And no, I did NOT eat that!

Then I met the other chaperone for the afternoon, and we had some tasty, tasty bread.

By the time I got home, it was time for dinner.  I went to bed full!